THE ROBERT GIARD GRANT FOR EMERGING
LGBTQ+ PHOTOGRAPHERS

Fred Zucule, 2022 Finalist

Fred Zucule aka Kuln’Zu is a non-binary lens-based artist born and raised in Mozambique, and Kenya. Their aesthetic practice explores the transformative quality of art to heal and offer strategies of care, intimacy and mindfulness from an Afroqueer lens. They attend to the visual cultures and theories, work and life, of and from, a Black/Queer/Diaspora. This is their frontier. Having lived in 8 cities to complete their degree between ‘homes’ during the pandemic, portraiture was their chosen mode of care and conversation with themselves and their community. Portraiture was a lifeline for a life-in-transit, with bedrooms and living rooms as studios. They hold a BA in Africana Studies from Pomona College, and they are an alumnus of the African Leadership Academy in South Africa.

You can learn more at their website.